Galactomannan

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  Galactomannan

Linkage : beta 1-4      alpha 1-6

Space Group : orthorhombic I222

Unit Cell Dimensions (a, b, c in Å and α, β, γ in °)

(No values are displayed if no information is available or the value is zero)

a (Å) = 9.26 - b (Å) = 30.84 - c (Å) = 10.38 - γ (°) = 90.00 - β (°) = 90.00 - α (°) = 90.00

Helix Type : 2-fold helix of pitch 10.38 ?. 4 helices are packed in to an orthorhombic unit cell

Method(s) Used For Structure Determination : X-ray diffraction

Link to the Abstract : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TFF-40BG3YG-29&_user=10&_coverDate=01%2F31%2F1998&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1620812139&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=680502f4020d51ceedc02846c04565ee&searchtype=a

Reference :

Morphology of galactomannans: an X-ray structure analysis of guaran
Rengaswami Chandrasekaran, Akella Radha and Kenji Okuyama, Carbohydrate Research 1998, 306 (1-2), 243-255

 

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